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democrats don't like voting for the debt ceiling when a republican is president, and, yet, you -- but you never saw a situation in which democrats suggested somehow that we would go ahead and default if we didn't get 100% of our way. that's not how it's supposed to work. john carl. >> thank you, mr. president. on the issue of guns, given how difficult it will be, some would say impossible, to get any gun control measure passed through this congress what are you willing to & able to do in the power of your presidency to act without congress, and i would also like to know, what do you make of these long lines we're seeing at gun shows and gun stores all around the country? i mean, even in connecticut applications for guns are up since the shooting in newtown. >> the vice president is going to show steps we can take, and some will require legislation. some of them i can accomplish through executive action, and so i'll be reviewing those today, and as i said, i'll speak in more detail to what we're going to go ahead and propose later in the week. i'm confident there are some steps that we
democrats don't like voting for the debt ceiling when a republican is president, and, yet, you -- but you never saw a situation in which democrats suggested somehow that we would go ahead and default if we didn't get 100% of our way. that's not how it's supposed to work. john carl. >> thank you, mr. president. on the issue of guns, given how difficult it will be, some would say impossible, to get any gun control measure passed through this congress what are you willing to & able to do...
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raising the debt ceiling either for a short period of time or a long period of time in exchange for some debt reduction. but publicly democrats continue to insist that republicans need to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling first before they'll enter into negotiations. >> pelley: nancy cordes, as always, on capitol hill. thank you, nancy. as they argue in congress, a lot of federal agencies are not doing important work, and the workers who've been sidelined are getting frustrated. john blackstone has their story. >> let us work! >> reporter: about 50 furloughed government workers-- many of them scientists-- marched on nasa's ames research center in california this afternoon demanding the right to work. >> congress may think it's okay to get paid and to do nothing but we don't expect that. >> reporter: they say they're not worried about missed paychecks, their concern is what the country may lose forever while they're being kept out of their offices and laboratories. math linton is a nasa sign security specialist. >> i'm in a continuing conflict with hackers from other p
raising the debt ceiling either for a short period of time or a long period of time in exchange for some debt reduction. but publicly democrats continue to insist that republicans need to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling first before they'll enter into negotiations. >> pelley: nancy cordes, as always, on capitol hill. thank you, nancy. as they argue in congress, a lot of federal agencies are not doing important work, and the workers who've been sidelined are getting...
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republicans will vote to raise the debt ceiling enough to last through november 22. in exchange, mr. obama will agree to negotiate with republicans over spending cuts. on wednesday, the president met separately with house democrats to prepare them for the coming compromises. according to congressman jerry conley, who was at the meeting. conley says obama told house democrats they, quote, need to be prepared to give and take, unquote. and quote, we weren't going to win everything, unquote. financial markets cheered the breakthrough. the dow rose 272 points moments after the breakthrough announcement. but the debt ceiling proposal will not end the government shutdown. republicans and democrats remain at loggerheads over the 2014 federal budget. >>> question, what made president obama change his position on negotiating with the republicans over the debt ceiling? >> well, because inc. it would have been a catastrophe for the country if they hadn't found some way to begin talking about it, and the country would have reacted in a plague on both your houses. i think that's
republicans will vote to raise the debt ceiling enough to last through november 22. in exchange, mr. obama will agree to negotiate with republicans over spending cuts. on wednesday, the president met separately with house democrats to prepare them for the coming compromises. according to congressman jerry conley, who was at the meeting. conley says obama told house democrats they, quote, need to be prepared to give and take, unquote. and quote, we weren't going to win everything, unquote....
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we were not able to get an increase in the debt ceiling. republicans have indicated this is something they are going to use as a bargaining tool. we're going to run out of money to run our country between the end of february and early march. i want to be clear that this probably doesn't mean defaulting on the debt of the united states which is as a disaster scenario. it represents about 6% of all the money we are talking about, but paychecks or stop giving tax refunds, but this is really serious business and could be quite contentious, even more so than the ceiling talks. >> this seems absolutely crazy. >> i cover markets and high not only have outside of washington, you can see the volatility of the markets, any time there is a small io, markets go up. businesses can't believe politicians in this country are going the let us get to this stage. dodge dealer expected the obama administration to try any other different economic policies? >> what you'll see in the next couple of years is the president being forced to go around congress as much
we were not able to get an increase in the debt ceiling. republicans have indicated this is something they are going to use as a bargaining tool. we're going to run out of money to run our country between the end of february and early march. i want to be clear that this probably doesn't mean defaulting on the debt of the united states which is as a disaster scenario. it represents about 6% of all the money we are talking about, but paychecks or stop giving tax refunds, but this is really...
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the agreement would fund the government through january 15th and raise the debt ceiling. republicans would get a new policy for obamacare. any deal must still be approved by the house. >> a deal appears imminent. the government shut down caused a lot of damage. julie on the consumer watch to shut down proof your finances. >> it's not as big an impact. >> not at all. >> so far the shut down is ana knowance. we're all disappointed. in terms of my life, nothing. >> economists say that may be about to change. >> a lot of people considered this a dc political issue. but the ramifications are far more widespread than that. >> the longer the federal shut down drags on, the more people will notice the impact. some are already dealing with small business loans, tax returns. before long, he expects all consumers will feel the shut down. >> we can see all types of consumer rates from credit cards to mortgages to auto loans increasing in cost as well as volatility in the market. >> first, maximize your emergency fund. cut back on spending now and save as much as possible. we should a
the agreement would fund the government through january 15th and raise the debt ceiling. republicans would get a new policy for obamacare. any deal must still be approved by the house. >> a deal appears imminent. the government shut down caused a lot of damage. julie on the consumer watch to shut down proof your finances. >> it's not as big an impact. >> not at all. >> so far the shut down is ana knowance. we're all disappointed. in terms of my life, nothing. >>...
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debt ceiling. i'm negotiating over the sequester. what do you think of sequestration? >> first of all sequesters is not something that i propose. it's something that congress has proposed. it will not happen. >> cenk: wait a minute. the sequester has defense cuts. that's not a bad thing. that's a progressive thing. but it's not going to happen. in the next round of negotiations i'm telling you right now he's going to put medicare and/or social security on the table. i'm ready to drop a preemptive elbow on obama's head. so in the ring for the first time, and there you go. it's coming. i guarantee [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> eliot: good evening i'm eliot spitzer, and this "viewpoint." the so-called fiscal cliff was finally surmounted tuesday night as the polithouse g.o.p. joined democrats in a bill that will avert steep tax heights for most americans and postpone major cuts to government programs. but the bill also guarantees lots more political drama in the weeks to come as the house republicans threaten t
debt ceiling. i'm negotiating over the sequester. what do you think of sequestration? >> first of all sequesters is not something that i propose. it's something that congress has proposed. it will not happen. >> cenk: wait a minute. the sequester has defense cuts. that's not a bad thing. that's a progressive thing. but it's not going to happen. in the next round of negotiations i'm telling you right now he's going to put medicare and/or social security on the table. i'm ready to...
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if both republicans and democrats feel like and agree it is a bad idea to not raise the debt ceiling then how is it a concession to raise the debt ceiling? >> simply it's the trigger mechanissm for the discussion. the president hasn't told us. we're ten days out. he's not put proposal on the table what to do so congress can figure it out. really? executive branch absent from the discussion when they are who actually spends the money. we should sit down. the president has actually got proposals in his own budget i would support. they are not easy to do. change cpi and means testing for medicare and other things like that. pretty tough medicine he's recommended that i would vote for. again, right now he wants a debt ceiling increase before there's even a discussion. seems to me that's a nonstarter. >> congressman, i'm going to open this up to our panel in new york here, jake and joy. it's hard for me to understand if this is a negotiation, what the democrats are asking for is something republicans agree must have it. >> most agree. there's that national journal piece today some republi
if both republicans and democrats feel like and agree it is a bad idea to not raise the debt ceiling then how is it a concession to raise the debt ceiling? >> simply it's the trigger mechanissm for the discussion. the president hasn't told us. we're ten days out. he's not put proposal on the table what to do so congress can figure it out. really? executive branch absent from the discussion when they are who actually spends the money. we should sit down. the president has actually got...
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republicans were offering a short-term extension for the debt ceiling. eric cantor said talks will continue tonight. >>> former pakistani president is back in custody. his lawyer says police arrested him on charges related to a 2007 raid on a mosque in the capitol. more than 100 people were killed. on wednesday a court granted him bail in another
republicans were offering a short-term extension for the debt ceiling. eric cantor said talks will continue tonight. >>> former pakistani president is back in custody. his lawyer says police arrested him on charges related to a 2007 raid on a mosque in the capitol. more than 100 people were killed. on wednesday a court granted him bail in another
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crossing the debt ceiling would be catastrophic. senator rack paul says if you don't raise the debt ceiling we balance the budget. ben bernanke says default would be very costly to our economy. the debt ceiling is a very dangerous thin to play with. so these are the voices that have been driving -- >> you are listening to white house press secretary discussing the latest proposal by republicans that might end the debt ceiling crisis perhaps deal or no deal when it comes to the debt crisis. that clock ticking now, the october 17th deadline looming large. return now to mike who is at the white house, mike, you were listening in, are we listening to the talk of a break through or more bricksman ship. >> i have to tell you, i'm a little bit surprised. while with the leading the cav yet they want to see the details. clearly leading the door open to signing a short debt ceiling increased six week weeks is what is n the table. without opening the government first, yes, they want the government shut down to end. but clearly a lot of wiggle
crossing the debt ceiling would be catastrophic. senator rack paul says if you don't raise the debt ceiling we balance the budget. ben bernanke says default would be very costly to our economy. the debt ceiling is a very dangerous thin to play with. so these are the voices that have been driving -- >> you are listening to white house press secretary discussing the latest proposal by republicans that might end the debt ceiling crisis perhaps deal or no deal when it comes to the debt...
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then they can focus the real argument on the debt ceiling, and that's when the republicans can make the case that we need to spendless, borrow less and then get back to the agreement. >> is this a replay of what we have seen happen over the last couple of years? >> pretty much. the only new wrinkle is republicans have been hammering on the implementation of obamacare, and there has been a move by conservatives to not fund obamacare in the continuing resolution. the problem with that is obviously the president is not going to sign that, and some -- the majority he is not going to pass it. but that doesn't mean that ted cruz and mike lee and others are not pounding to keep the legislation open unless it defunds obamacare. there are constituents who do not like this law, but it is never going to fly with the president. the bigger fiscal stuff, we have been fighting this battle for a long time, how much money to spend, and if he spend too much, how do we extend our debt limit. >> as we watch these past budget battles unfold, who goes into this with a little bit of edge? democrats, republica
then they can focus the real argument on the debt ceiling, and that's when the republicans can make the case that we need to spendless, borrow less and then get back to the agreement. >> is this a replay of what we have seen happen over the last couple of years? >> pretty much. the only new wrinkle is republicans have been hammering on the implementation of obamacare, and there has been a move by conservatives to not fund obamacare in the continuing resolution. the problem with that...
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they have so much on their plate, as you mentioned, including the debt ceiling coming up very quickly and the deficit. the 113th congress takes its oath this afternoon, 56 new democrats, 38 new republicans, and a record number of women. the youngest, hawaii's tulsie gabrin and the first hindu ever elected. john boehner expected to be elected speaker but 17 conservatives could derail. that he announced the first order of business, a vote friday to provide billions to victims of superstorm sandy. >> the bottom line is that between friday morning and january 15th, two votes will bring in $60 billion is absolutely necessary for new york, new jersey, and connecticut. >> reporter: also tops on the agenda, raising the debt ceiling. republicans will insist on cutting spending first. >> the president is addicted to spending. he wants to spend. he wants a new credit card after he's maxed out the last one. >> the president thinks he's not going to negotiate. he better think again. he's president of the united states. he's not emperor of the planet. >> reporter: the last time the congress fought
they have so much on their plate, as you mentioned, including the debt ceiling coming up very quickly and the deficit. the 113th congress takes its oath this afternoon, 56 new democrats, 38 new republicans, and a record number of women. the youngest, hawaii's tulsie gabrin and the first hindu ever elected. john boehner expected to be elected speaker but 17 conservatives could derail. that he announced the first order of business, a vote friday to provide billions to victims of superstorm sandy....
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here is what republicans believe will happen, we'll hit the debt ceiling, the republicans will threaten to push the country into debt ceiling, unless the republicans allow enormous cuts. and no tax increases. so in the end you will have enormous spending cuts and increases in taxes. the republicans say no way, they will not be held hostage on the debt ceiling. and if republicans want cuts coming up, they have to off set it with tax increases. and if the white house is right about it, then i think we'll look back, add up all the numbers and it will look like a pretty good deal. with one exception, we're losing the stimulus and not replacing it. but if the white house is right they can get taxes in the next phase of the deal too, i think it will look good. >> yeah, ezra, and i'm prepared to analyze what this deal was right here without necessarily making it how good it is depending on what happens in the future. but i agree with you what is coming. and jared, i agree with the president very carefully about what he is saying, he will not negotiate on the debt ceiling. he has absolutely rul
here is what republicans believe will happen, we'll hit the debt ceiling, the republicans will threaten to push the country into debt ceiling, unless the republicans allow enormous cuts. and no tax increases. so in the end you will have enormous spending cuts and increases in taxes. the republicans say no way, they will not be held hostage on the debt ceiling. and if republicans want cuts coming up, they have to off set it with tax increases. and if the white house is right about it, then i...
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president obama says he won't anything until the debt ceiling is increased. republicans are demanding spending cuts first. the deadline to raise the debt ceiling is just eight days away. >> the victim of a violent car jacking is now sharing her terrifying story. she tells us she fought back as two teens grabbed her and threw her from her suv. all of this happened in the 19th hundred block of built more street. her car was used in a police chase that ended when her war crashes into a ravine. we have her story of survival. >> he grabbed my arm and said, get out of the car. >> the victim, who asked us not to identify her, said the car jacking happened on biltmore street where she just met with a client. >> i've been to that address several times and it's always been a pretty safe place. >> first one and then two guys tried to drag her out of her car. as the bruises on her body show, she didn't let them get away without a fight. >> i remember pushing them with my elbow and kicked them hard. they both came around on my side and pulled on my legs and just threw me
president obama says he won't anything until the debt ceiling is increased. republicans are demanding spending cuts first. the deadline to raise the debt ceiling is just eight days away. >> the victim of a violent car jacking is now sharing her terrifying story. she tells us she fought back as two teens grabbed her and threw her from her suv. all of this happened in the 19th hundred block of built more street. her car was used in a police chase that ended when her war crashes into a...
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they called this rally to ask congress to shop the shutdown, rate the debt ceiling. why did they pick ted cruz's office? they see him as the instigator of this shutdown. ted cruz urged his fellow house republicans to remain strong in their opposition of obamacare. and while those statements are earning ted cruz plenty of enemies here among the furloughed federal workers, it's also gaining him popularity among right-wing conservatives. they picked ted cruz as the double-digit leader as a potential 2016 republican presidential candidate. and it's those gains that these people say are being placed on the backs of these workers. >>> we are going to go to break, but before we go to break. take a look at wall street to bring you up to dated on what is happening on your 401k as they debate in washington. before republicans came to the floor and said what they wanted to do, that number was minus 70, it is now down to just five points in negative territory, which means that wall street likes what it heard from capitol hill again today. together unexpected voices closest to th
they called this rally to ask congress to shop the shutdown, rate the debt ceiling. why did they pick ted cruz's office? they see him as the instigator of this shutdown. ted cruz urged his fellow house republicans to remain strong in their opposition of obamacare. and while those statements are earning ted cruz plenty of enemies here among the furloughed federal workers, it's also gaining him popularity among right-wing conservatives. they picked ted cruz as the double-digit leader as a...
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to you, marion was just saying we get to this debt ceiling republicans are saying thisis our going to get spending cuts. is that a strategy that works? >> is what we have tried twice before. we really want to basically anti as the american public more than they are today to all you have deduced that this government down. they had to come up with a significant alternative, unify parties, the majority of their own members voting in one way or the other. my argument is it's not a slap on the back. they lost the moral high ground, the one significant issue that they have always been consistent on. that's basically taxes. they threw them away. gerri: jonathan, your forecast on what happens with the debt ceiling. you brought it up. what do you see happeng? >> i disagree. i think this is a special case on taxes. it was historically unprecedented. you have these tax increases that expired. a very different case in 1990 or '83 when they passed tax increases. at the co-ceo of unity among the republicans when they go to the president and say when he began spending. let's see what you have. the p
to you, marion was just saying we get to this debt ceiling republicans are saying thisis our going to get spending cuts. is that a strategy that works? >> is what we have tried twice before. we really want to basically anti as the american public more than they are today to all you have deduced that this government down. they had to come up with a significant alternative, unify parties, the majority of their own members voting in one way or the other. my argument is it's not a slap on the...
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ó 2011 we were workingt a similar deadline over raisingó the debt ceiling. republicans held out and wrangledñr $1.2 trillion worth i spending cuts from democrats. so they see this as one of the best ways and really one of the only ways for them advance their agenda when they don't control the senate or the white house. >> pelley: which makes you wonder, major, if this is why the president said he won't even consider negotiating. >> that's exactly right, scott. the president considers his decision in 2011 to negotiate with republicans one of the worst of his presidency because it forced him to give up budget concessions simply to avoid a government default and the president's number-one goal now is to end this give-and-take forever to prevent his presidency and future presidencies from having to haggle endlessly over budget items simply to avoid aÑi government default. >> pelley: major garrett, nancy cordes, thanks very much. wall street is tired of all of this. it lost ground for ten of the last 13 sessions. the dow fell 136 points today to close at 14,936
ó 2011 we were workingt a similar deadline over raisingó the debt ceiling. republicans held out and wrangledñr $1.2 trillion worth i spending cuts from democrats. so they see this as one of the best ways and really one of the only ways for them advance their agenda when they don't control the senate or the white house. >> pelley: which makes you wonder, major, if this is why the president said he won't even consider negotiating. >> that's exactly right, scott. the president...
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released their official list of demands in the ongoing debt ceiling government showdown shutdown os big crisis basically they want president obama to become a republican more on that in tonight's daily to. logon to your take my take live our phone lines are now open so if you want to share an opinion make a comment ask a question live on the air give us a call it to a two non zero four twenty one thirty four outside the u.s. the country code for the united states as we want so let's go to our first caller the night actually. we pick up our our people who have sent us your take my take things here take my take a live at g. mail dot com first our first is from paul in. into page county illinois. hi tom i love your show mind i'm a psychiatrist in illinois and i do agree with your assessment about the house republicans and their mental health pathology yes they are in the d.s.m. for anti-social personality disorder the six or seven personality pathological traits manip of this callousness distastefulness hostility risk taking impulsivity irresponsibility. and also the fact that they lac
released their official list of demands in the ongoing debt ceiling government showdown shutdown os big crisis basically they want president obama to become a republican more on that in tonight's daily to. logon to your take my take live our phone lines are now open so if you want to share an opinion make a comment ask a question live on the air give us a call it to a two non zero four twenty one thirty four outside the u.s. the country code for the united states as we want so let's go to our...
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but the republicans everywhere are rejoicing that the debt ceiling is a confusing thing to understand. so we are going to make it u crystal clear coming up. maybe you've noticed. is there a lot of worry building up around a daily problem? well ladies, now there's big news in controlling your overactive bladder symptoms. thinking less about them with new oxytrol for women. it's a patch. the first and only over the counter treatment for overactive bladder. it's good to know how to put the control back in your go. new oxytrol for women. now over the counter in the feminine care aisle. visit oxytrolforwomen.com to learn more. >>> if congress refuses to raise what's called the death ceiling, america would not be able to meet all of our financial obligations for the first time in 225 years. and because it's called raising the debt ceiling, i think a lot of americans think it's raising our debt. it is not raising our debt. this does not add a dime to our debt. >> that was president obama at a news conference today trying to help americans understand the debt ceiling is not necessarily what t
but the republicans everywhere are rejoicing that the debt ceiling is a confusing thing to understand. so we are going to make it u crystal clear coming up. maybe you've noticed. is there a lot of worry building up around a daily problem? well ladies, now there's big news in controlling your overactive bladder symptoms. thinking less about them with new oxytrol for women. it's a patch. the first and only over the counter treatment for overactive bladder. it's good to know how to put the control...
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increase in the debt ceiling, but there is already some weakening republican ranks about whether they will go through. forcing a dae fault on the debt would be catastrophic to the country. it's very hard to hold that up as a hostage. >> we look at march 1st as a drop dead deadline. but you write that the government will be unable to pay its bills sometime between february 15th and march 1st. what does changing the timetable do to things? >> we don't know an exact date. that date from the bipartisan policy center, basically measuring the cash flow to the government. we're in an uncertain season, where we had the big fight over the fiscal cliff and tax revenue coming in, and there are tax refunds sent out, it creates a balance of how much money the treasury can keep going and the government coffers and not precisely clear when that will basically run out we hit the debt limit on december 31st and the treasury using special measures to get it through until march 1st. it could come a week or two before that. it won't be clear for a few more days or weeks. >> we talked about global ramific
increase in the debt ceiling, but there is already some weakening republican ranks about whether they will go through. forcing a dae fault on the debt would be catastrophic to the country. it's very hard to hold that up as a hostage. >> we look at march 1st as a drop dead deadline. but you write that the government will be unable to pay its bills sometime between february 15th and march 1st. what does changing the timetable do to things? >> we don't know an exact date. that date...
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increase in order to avoid hitting the debt ceiling. but the white house is indicating it may be taupe a short-term hike to avoid going over that cliff. >> let's hope they can hammer something out, susan mcginnis in washington, thanks. >>> a houston couple is donating $10 million to head start to keep it running during the government shutdown. the pre-kindergarten money says the money from donald and lawyer arnold will help 7,000 families. others aren't as lucky as michelle miller found out. >> wee! >> reporter: it's been a week since danielle smith told parents at the george p. pitkin learning center that the center was closed. the government shut down before it sent grant money to connecticut. >> what did your family say? >> i had parents tell me i'm going to lose my job if i don't have child care, i can't go to work. he were asking for help and i couldn't help them. >> reporter: 300 students have been affected here. it's also cost danielle smith her job as a family counselor. how long could you last? >> i don't know. i'm struggling.
increase in order to avoid hitting the debt ceiling. but the white house is indicating it may be taupe a short-term hike to avoid going over that cliff. >> let's hope they can hammer something out, susan mcginnis in washington, thanks. >>> a houston couple is donating $10 million to head start to keep it running during the government shutdown. the pre-kindergarten money says the money from donald and lawyer arnold will help 7,000 families. others aren't as lucky as michelle...
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did this deal saying we expect to get something when we raise the debt ceiling. republicans have actually public opinion on their side on that one because the public believes if you're going to raise the debt, you got to cut the budget. i think that's going to be a huge fight as we head into the winter sort of around february. >> and do they have some oomph conservatives who say we've been dealing with the sequester and nobody's dying. these things work. we might be able to handle more. >> they do have some oomph in that argument particularly since there's a lot of entitlement spending that needs to get under control. the public is not opposed to tax reform. the public is very interested in tax reform. and so i think they do have some really good arguments to make. the question is, particularly in terms of the tea party which is how relevant will these tea party members be as you head into the 2014 election. that's the big issue, ashleigh. there are some republicans i talk to who hope that this vote that you were just talking about, this sort of bipartisan vote m
did this deal saying we expect to get something when we raise the debt ceiling. republicans have actually public opinion on their side on that one because the public believes if you're going to raise the debt, you got to cut the budget. i think that's going to be a huge fight as we head into the winter sort of around february. >> and do they have some oomph conservatives who say we've been dealing with the sequester and nobody's dying. these things work. we might be able to handle more....
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limit. >> what i haven't been able to negotiate and won't negotiate is the debt ceiling. >> the republicans will use the debtse ceilingsas a way to defud the health care law. republicans have voted several times times to repeal the law. >> what it allows us to do is get to the stability for the security and fairness for the american people on obama care. >> they want to turn it over to the insurance industry and let l them discriminate. it's not acceptable.ccep >> if the government shutsdownwn many core functions including military operations and the processing of medicare claims and social security would stop. president obama doesn't believe that the g.o.p. is fighting fair. >> anything that is remoted rem associated with me they feel obliged to oppose. my argument is simple: that's not why the people sent you you here. >> some lawmakers are leary about this talk. the last time they shuttered the government was 28 days in 199595 and beginning of 1996. the america public largely blamed, guess who? congress. >> stock futures are soaring s after news that larry summers withdrew his name as ca
limit. >> what i haven't been able to negotiate and won't negotiate is the debt ceiling. >> the republicans will use the debtse ceilingsas a way to defud the health care law. republicans have voted several times times to repeal the law. >> what it allows us to do is get to the stability for the security and fairness for the american people on obama care. >> they want to turn it over to the insurance industry and let l them discriminate. it's not acceptable.ccep >>...
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president obama telling republicans to move quickly on the debt ceiling. jon harwood on the president's main theme at his news conference today. >> his main theme was to draw a brighter line with republicans in that fight over the debt ceiling. republicans saying we want dollar for dollar spending cuts. the president said i'll talk about spending decreases. but i'm not going to hold the u.s. economy hostage. here's the president. >> they will not collect a r ransra ransom in exchange for not crashing the american economy. the financial well being of the american people is not leverage to be used. the full faith and credit of the united states of america is not a bargaining chip. and they'd better choose quickly because time is running short. >> and house speaker john boehner responded quickly saying the house republican majority will do the responsible thing. will make sure the nation meets its obligations, will keep the government running. that's trying to take that specter of the government shutdown off the table. we've got a real confrontation brewing b
president obama telling republicans to move quickly on the debt ceiling. jon harwood on the president's main theme at his news conference today. >> his main theme was to draw a brighter line with republicans in that fight over the debt ceiling. republicans saying we want dollar for dollar spending cuts. the president said i'll talk about spending decreases. but i'm not going to hold the u.s. economy hostage. here's the president. >> they will not collect a r ransra ransom in...
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president obama warned republicans about taking the debt ceiling hostage. it looks like they heard the message. >> the financial well-being of the american people is not leverage to be used. the full faith and credit of the united states of america is not a bargaining chip. and they better choose quickly because time is rung short. >> republicans made their choice during a gop retreat in williamsburg, virginia. house majority leader eric cantore reportedly has plans for three months. in a statement the white house responding, saying, we are encouraged. there are signs congressional republicans may back off their insistence on holding our economy hostage to extract drastic cuts in medicare, education and programs middle class families depend on. the temporary nature of the increase is somewhat troubling. a white house official told nbc news it's a terrible way to run the country. but the aide gave no indication president obama would veto a temporary extension if this is how congressional republicans want to govern, so be it. they already have an approval rat
president obama warned republicans about taking the debt ceiling hostage. it looks like they heard the message. >> the financial well-being of the american people is not leverage to be used. the full faith and credit of the united states of america is not a bargaining chip. and they better choose quickly because time is rung short. >> republicans made their choice during a gop retreat in williamsburg, virginia. house majority leader eric cantore reportedly has plans for three...
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first, on the rising debt ceiling, the president took direct aim at republicans accusing them of using the nation's credit rating as a, quote, bargaining chip. >> the republicans in congress had two choices here. they can act responsibly and pay america's bills or they can act irresponsibly and put america through another economic crisis. but they will not collect our ransom in exchange for not crashing the american economy. the issue here is whether or not america pays its bills. we are not a deadbeat nation. >> and the debate over guns, one month after 26 children and adults were killed in newtown, and with the nra saying assault weapon ban would not pass congress, the president urged house members to, quote, examine their own conscience. >> the belief that we have to have stronger background checks, that we can do a much better job in terms of keeping these magazine clips with high capacity out of the hands of folks who shouldn't have them, an assault weapons ban that's meaningful, that those are things i continue to believe make sense. will all of them get through this congress? i
first, on the rising debt ceiling, the president took direct aim at republicans accusing them of using the nation's credit rating as a, quote, bargaining chip. >> the republicans in congress had two choices here. they can act responsibly and pay america's bills or they can act irresponsibly and put america through another economic crisis. but they will not collect our ransom in exchange for not crashing the american economy. the issue here is whether or not america pays its bills. we are...
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back from the brink of another looming crisis, this time on the debt ceiling. republicans in the house changed course. and they voted for a plan that will allow the country to pay its bills, all the way through the middle of may. but they added a twist. members of congress have to pass a budget or their paychecks will be withheld. democrats are expected to go along. and today, the market soared. the dow ending at another five-year high, now back where it was before the recession started in december 2007. >>> and next, the latest today on that powerful blast of polar air sitting on top of a third of the country, creating an icebox. and here's the map tonight. bone-chilling weather from the dakotas to maine. and all day, we saw post cards from the frozen continent. a fountain of icicles here in new york. and a fireman's gloves were standing up, they were petrified in the cold. tonight, abc's gio benitez on the bitter cold. gio? >> reporter: good evening, diane. here in fulton, new york, more than three feet of snow fell just within the past 48 hours. but it was n
back from the brink of another looming crisis, this time on the debt ceiling. republicans in the house changed course. and they voted for a plan that will allow the country to pay its bills, all the way through the middle of may. but they added a twist. members of congress have to pass a budget or their paychecks will be withheld. democrats are expected to go along. and today, the market soared. the dow ending at another five-year high, now back where it was before the recession started in...
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for the republicans to sign on raising the debt ceiling. >> the debt limit has opinion used to carry significant policy change. he put forth his own bell to raise the debt ceiling. it's a -- it's pretty much doomed in the house. he says that the republicans fault. he said they keep changing the target. >> now the shut down is not the only crisis.. according to markt watch. if. we will come from the latest polling. 56 of americans say it will be a bad idea that the debt ceiling is not raised to 38%. it will be a good idea for the country. we have the economic chaos. it's up legitimate seniors that seen kwhrors not -- they will spepbs tpaoeu public anger about not raising the debt ceiling and pressure republicans even more. . >> we have new information for you on what has happenened here. let me move over so you can see the storm that we're talking about. the storm has upgradeed this hour of activity to a cyclone. a cyclone, typhoon, hurricane are all the same types of system. it just depends geographically what you're talking about. we're very concerned because it's a closed up area.
for the republicans to sign on raising the debt ceiling. >> the debt limit has opinion used to carry significant policy change. he put forth his own bell to raise the debt ceiling. it's a -- it's pretty much doomed in the house. he says that the republicans fault. he said they keep changing the target. >> now the shut down is not the only crisis.. according to markt watch. if. we will come from the latest polling. 56 of americans say it will be a bad idea that the debt ceiling is...
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i cannot believe the republicans would use the debt ceiling to throw our country into economic turmoil when we know we are just getting to feel stable again, when we are all beginning to feel we can go to work and not get a pink slip, that wall street is not going to collapse, and they are going to throw the country into turmoil? i cannot believe they are going to do that. do iftional thing to there were a group of women in charges we would keep the government running for the next would say,ks, and we we are going to pay our bills, and let's do what we have to do and pay our debts. that will take the leaders of both parties coming together and giving. which is how democracy works. >> who are the leaders on the republican side who can make that happen? we have seen a lot of frustration with john boehner's ability to negotiate. seem mitch mcconnell has been less willing to be out there because he is worried he is being primary back in his home state of kentucky. .e have all these who do we negotiate with? >> i think the republican -- the republicans are being controlled more by the tea p
i cannot believe the republicans would use the debt ceiling to throw our country into economic turmoil when we know we are just getting to feel stable again, when we are all beginning to feel we can go to work and not get a pink slip, that wall street is not going to collapse, and they are going to throw the country into turmoil? i cannot believe they are going to do that. do iftional thing to there were a group of women in charges we would keep the government running for the next would say,ks,...
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debt ceiling increase. republicans are asking the president to negotiate over the debt limit the budget and certain aspects of his health- care law. the president says he will not make any deals while the government shutdown. the house speaker says there are not enough votes in the house to end the shutdown of the president claims that there is any is calling on them to vote. >> will not negotiate under the threat of a prolonged shutdown. >> one thing both sides can agree on is making sure government workers impacted by the shutdown eventually get paid as a unanimous decision in the house of the weekend to approve back pay for all the days missed due to the shutdown. wall street does not like any of this coming out of washington. experts say the debt ceiling deadlock is starting to rattle investors in summer wondering it will take a massive debt in people's retirement desmans to motivate lawmakers to push ego aside and come to a deal. >> libyas interim government is demanding answers calling saturdays captu
debt ceiling increase. republicans are asking the president to negotiate over the debt limit the budget and certain aspects of his health- care law. the president says he will not make any deals while the government shutdown. the house speaker says there are not enough votes in the house to end the shutdown of the president claims that there is any is calling on them to vote. >> will not negotiate under the threat of a prolonged shutdown. >> one thing both sides can agree on is...
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the money saved by the mandatory spending cuts, those cuts were triggered by gridlock over the debt ceiling. some republicans in the senate say they won't raise it unless the president's health car law is gutted. >> catherine: the stage at knox college in illinois today ready to vent. >> this gridlock's gotten worse. i didn't think that was possible >> reporter:ready to point fingers. >> washington -- we've seen a sizable group of republican lawmakers suggest that they wouldn't vote to pay the very bills that congress rang up. and that fiasco harmed a fragile recovery in 2011, and we can't afford to repeat that. >> reporter: >> catherine: and ready to portray himself as the true friend of the middle class. >>you ask some of these folks, some of these folks mostly in the house, about their economic agenda, how it is that they'll strengthen the middle class, they'll shift the topic to out-of-control government spending, despite the fact that we've cut the deficit by nearly half as a share of the economy since i took office. the president brought his >> catherine: audience to its feet by promi
the money saved by the mandatory spending cuts, those cuts were triggered by gridlock over the debt ceiling. some republicans in the senate say they won't raise it unless the president's health car law is gutted. >> catherine: the stage at knox college in illinois today ready to vent. >> this gridlock's gotten worse. i didn't think that was possible >> reporter:ready to point fingers. >> washington -- we've seen a sizable group of republican lawmakers suggest that they...
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but the republicans everywhere are rejoicing that the debt ceiling is a confusing thing to understand. so we are going to make it u crystal clear coming up. evto earn degrees in mathan stand science.ut but more than half leave their programs. so we're missing out on 450,000 math and science graduates annually. but if we can help students prepare for these subjects we'll have a stronger workforce for our fastest-growing industries. let's invest in our future. join exxonmobil in advancing math...
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as you pointed out, the next fiscal matter will be debt ceiling republicans for some time now, and have been promising a fight, saying they want those spending cuts in exchange for raising the at the time ceiling. but the president for a number of days now, and certainly in the most recent time here, his weekly address, has said that he is not willing to compromise on this. and will not negotiate. >> one thing i will not compromise over is whether or not congress should pay the tab for a bill they have already racked up. if congress is to give the united states to pay its bills on time, consequences for the entire global economy could be catastrophic. last time congress threatened this course of action, our entire economy suffered for it. our families and our businesses cannot afford that dangerous game again. >> reporter: in addition to that, the president has also promised he wants to tackle immigration reform and gun violence in the wake of the shootings in connecticut. so a lot on the president's plate as he heads back to washington. >> and also think, the cabinet, secretary of defe
as you pointed out, the next fiscal matter will be debt ceiling republicans for some time now, and have been promising a fight, saying they want those spending cuts in exchange for raising the at the time ceiling. but the president for a number of days now, and certainly in the most recent time here, his weekly address, has said that he is not willing to compromise on this. and will not negotiate. >> one thing i will not compromise over is whether or not congress should pay the tab for a...
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to the debt ceiling. they learned in october that if they followed the tea party and said we're going to let the government default unless we get our way, it was highly unpopular. i understand there is some sabre rattling right now by speaker boehner and minority leader mcconnell. and that's natural. they cut a good deal, i thought, on the budget, and they had to show the hard right that they're going to do something else. but at the end of the day, the president is going to hold firm, no negotiations on debt ceiling, republicans will look back to october and say, we're not going through this again. >> so here's a question about holding firm that some of the papers in new york are asking about you, and the topic sigh ran and new sanctions on iran. you and others are pushing for it. the president was asked about it in his press conference and he said, look, don't do it, senator schumer. he didn't call you out by name, but in effect he did. he says he knows it's good politics. that for you in office and run
to the debt ceiling. they learned in october that if they followed the tea party and said we're going to let the government default unless we get our way, it was highly unpopular. i understand there is some sabre rattling right now by speaker boehner and minority leader mcconnell. and that's natural. they cut a good deal, i thought, on the budget, and they had to show the hard right that they're going to do something else. but at the end of the day, the president is going to hold firm, no...
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it's actually worked pretty good effect thus far on things like the fiscal cliff and debt ceiling. republicans will try to draw a line somewhere. i'm not sure why yet. >> they thought they could draw it on national security with chuck hagel, and we've seen in the last 48 hours the president picked up the phone and he cauldron widen. he hasn't called too many senators too often, even in his own party. he cauldron widen because they had a real obstacle, and he knew that his cia nominee, his close friend, someone he is really eager to have confirmed john brennan, was in trouble going to that hearing. now not so much trouble. >> not so much trouble. these hearings are always as much about the -- using the moment as a lever to dislodge things that congress wants as they are about the nominee himself. i don't think there were a lot of questions about john brennan's kwaul ficks for the job. if i might say to live township the transparency that's been happy to profess. can i go back to the state of the union? i want to add a little bit of a note of caution to all this presidential huffing
it's actually worked pretty good effect thus far on things like the fiscal cliff and debt ceiling. republicans will try to draw a line somewhere. i'm not sure why yet. >> they thought they could draw it on national security with chuck hagel, and we've seen in the last 48 hours the president picked up the phone and he cauldron widen. he hasn't called too many senators too often, even in his own party. he cauldron widen because they had a real obstacle, and he knew that his cia nominee, his...
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the debt ceiling over a more long-term basis. and that will require democrats and republicans to get on board, though, dell. >> libby thank you very much. and now we turn to mike viqueira who is at the white house. mike you heard about the details and the devil. how big is the devil and what is the white house saying about it. >> there are two ways to look at this, dell, first there is still dissension in the gop ranks. this is the first crack in the unified -- at least public posturing or position of house republicans and it could be the beginnings of a deal -- it could be the beginnings of a way out. the house republicans are due here at the white house around 4:30 this afternoon. the problem is, as far as this proposal that was put forward by house republicans today, first of all we haven't seen a lot of the details, if it is going to be a quote, unquote clean extension of the debt limit, and second, what about opening the government. we have heard the president say he is not going to negotiate under threat or a hostage situat
the debt ceiling over a more long-term basis. and that will require democrats and republicans to get on board, though, dell. >> libby thank you very much. and now we turn to mike viqueira who is at the white house. mike you heard about the details and the devil. how big is the devil and what is the white house saying about it. >> there are two ways to look at this, dell, first there is still dissension in the gop ranks. this is the first crack in the unified -- at least public...
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. >>> florida republican ted yoho insisting not lifting the debt ceiling would, quote, bring stability to the world markets. in fact, if america for the first time in history is not able to pay all of its bills, the forecast is for financial fallout worse than the collapse of lehman brothers. fact -- forecasts are on which wrong, but is it a risk worth taking? candy crowley on host of "cnn's state of the union." ken rogoth is a world renown expert of all things financial crisis. candy, let me start with you. gallup shows the lower approval rating ever, 28%. how badly has all of this hurt the gop? >> certainly we can say definitively in the short run, it doesn't take a genius to know this has hurt republican and the republican brand greatly. do i know that will live through i don't know. it's a long time between now and then. there's a big surety it's stuff an uphill climb, but speaker boehner warned his caucus. and it game clear what was going to happen. he did say we could lose the house over this. it doesn't come as a surprise to republicans, but it certainly is, when you put numbers
. >>> florida republican ted yoho insisting not lifting the debt ceiling would, quote, bring stability to the world markets. in fact, if america for the first time in history is not able to pay all of its bills, the forecast is for financial fallout worse than the collapse of lehman brothers. fact -- forecasts are on which wrong, but is it a risk worth taking? candy crowley on host of "cnn's state of the union." ken rogoth is a world renown expert of all things financial...
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we're not going to negotiate around the debt ceiling. >> the republicans think they have the support of the american people. the latest polling finds that 70% of americans disapprove of congressional republicans handling of the budget. that's up from 63% just last week. the latest national journal poll are even worse than the gop. 80% of nonwhites oppose tying government funding to obama care, along with 70% of men and women with a college education, and 70% of people 18 to 29. republicans are getting killed in the polls among precisely the groups they've pledged to woo, and they still think they're speaking for the nation as a whole, but the republican party has a history of this sort of delusion. >> i'm going to ask you a straight out question, you went through this in 2000, you almost went through in 2004. do you believe that ohio has been settled? >> no, i don't. >> i think this is premature, i don't know what the outcome is going to be, but you got to be careful of calling things when we have like 991 votes separating the two candidates and a quarter we have to count. >> it was
we're not going to negotiate around the debt ceiling. >> the republicans think they have the support of the american people. the latest polling finds that 70% of americans disapprove of congressional republicans handling of the budget. that's up from 63% just last week. the latest national journal poll are even worse than the gop. 80% of nonwhites oppose tying government funding to obama care, along with 70% of men and women with a college education, and 70% of people 18 to 29....
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fiber one. >>> president obama challenges the republicans not to raise the debt ceiling. well, in an hour-long press conference today, we have two money men in the administration who also weighed in about this standoff. jackie deangelis has more on ben bernanke and timothy geithner. good evening. >> good evening. in an afternoon address at the university of michigan, ben bernanke addressed it. he said it allows the government to pay the bills and it's something that government must do periodically. congressional action wouldn't create new spending or add to the deficit either. regarding his hope that the process goes smoothly, he said the following. >> i do hope that congress will allow the government to pay its bills, not raise the possibility of default. which would be very, very costly to our economy. and then address very seriously these fiscal issues. >> this was bernanke's first speech since the release of the fed's latest meeting minutes which caused a stir because it indicated some policymakers wanted to end the bond buying program before year end. meantime, in a
fiber one. >>> president obama challenges the republicans not to raise the debt ceiling. well, in an hour-long press conference today, we have two money men in the administration who also weighed in about this standoff. jackie deangelis has more on ben bernanke and timothy geithner. good evening. >> good evening. in an afternoon address at the university of michigan, ben bernanke addressed it. he said it allows the government to pay the bills and it's something that government...
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ceiling. republicans say they want big entitlement cuts in exchange for their votes. the president, anthony, says he's not negotiating. >> mason: nancy, is speaker boehner in any trouble over all this? >> well, the speaker does come up for a vote tomorrow about whether he gets to keep his speakership. there were certainly some conservatives who were frustrated about the fact that they had to take this vote on the bush tax cuts but most don't seem to be blaming him. they knew the tax cuts were expiring, they knew that the political reality was that they weren't going to be able to keep all of them so most of them don't seem to be holding the speaker accountable. >> mason: nancy cordes at the capitol. thanks, nancy. with the budget deal done president obama resume it had vacation he'd been forced to cut short. he returned early today to hawaii to rejoin his family. the white house has not said when the president will sign the budget bill, only that it will be done "in a timely fashion." and the
ceiling. republicans say they want big entitlement cuts in exchange for their votes. the president, anthony, says he's not negotiating. >> mason: nancy, is speaker boehner in any trouble over all this? >> well, the speaker does come up for a vote tomorrow about whether he gets to keep his speakership. there were certainly some conservatives who were frustrated about the fact that they had to take this vote on the bush tax cuts but most don't seem to be blaming him. they knew the tax...